business
n
1 [C, U] one's usual occupation; profession 日常工作; 职业
He tries not to let (his) business interfere with his home life. 他尽量不让日常工作妨碍他的家庭生活.
2 [U]
(a) buying and selling (esp as a profession); commerce; trade 买卖(尤指作为职业); 商业; 贸易
We don't do (much) business with foreign companies. 我们跟外国公司没有(多少)生意来往.
He's in (ie works in) the oil business. 他做油类生意.
She has set up in business as a bookseller. 她已创业成为书商.
He wants to be a doctor or go into business. 他想当医生或者经商.
[attrib 作定语]
a business trip 商务之行
a business lunch 商务午餐
business sense, ie knowledge of commercial procedures 商业知识.
(b) volume or rate of buying and selling 成交额; 成交率
Business is always brisk before Christmas. 圣诞节前生意总是很兴隆.
3 [C] commercial establishment; firm; shop 商业机构; 公司; 商店
have/own one's own business 有自己的商行
She runs a thriving grocery business. 她经营著一家生意兴隆的食品杂货店.
Many small businesses have gone bankrupt recently. 近来有许多小商店倒闭.
4 [U] thing that one is rightly concerned with or interested in; duty; task 理应关心的事; 职责; 任务
It is the business of the police to protect the community. 保障社会的安全是警察的职责.
I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible. 我要查出是谁的责任.
My private life is none of your business/is no business of yours. 我的私生活与你毫不相干.
5 [U] things that need to be dealt with; matters to be discussed 需要处理的事; 所讨论的问题
The main business of this meeting is our wages claim. 这次会议的主要议题是我们在工资方面的要求.
Unless there is any other business, we can end the meeting. 如果没有别的事情, 我们的会议可以结束了.
6 [sing] (often derog 常作贬义) matter; affair 事情; 事务; 勾当
an odd, a strange, a disturbing, etc business 怪事、奇事、乱事等
What a business it is moving house! 搬家这件事真够受的!
I'm sick of the whole business. 我觉得整件事都很讨厌.
That plane crash was an awful business. 那架飞机坠毁了, 真是件
🎯 考研助记
在公共汽车(bus)里面(in)一只鹅(e)和两条蛇(ss)正在做 生意
🔁 扩展释义
*['biznis]n. 生意, 事情, 业务, 商业, 商行, 职责【经】 企业, 商业, 营业相关词组: on business have no business to do go into business go out of business know one's business
📖 同为「初中」词汇
ironn. 铁器,铁制品;熨斗,烙铁;坚强;脚镣;
adj. 铁制的,含铁的;坚强的,顽强的;残酷的;坚忍不拔的;
vt. 熨烫;给…上脚镣手铐;给…装铁具;用铁铸成;
vi. 熨衣;(衣服等)被烫平;
fablen. 寓言,童话;传说;无稽之谈;人人谈论的话题;
v. 讲故事,编寓言;虚构,杜撰;煞有介事地讲;
assistn. 帮助;援助;机器助手;辅助装置;
vt. 帮助;援助;帮助某人做某事;搀扶(某人)上下车;
vi. 援助;出席;参加;